Phineas Newborn Jr. – Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.) (VG+/VG+) – LP, JP 1974, No OBI

Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.) is an LP by Phineas Newborn Jr. from 1974 released on the Atlantic label.

About this album

Here Is Phineas is a dazzling bebop piano showcase that confirmed Phineas Newborn Jr. as one of jazz’s most brilliant and technically fearless stylists. Released in 1956, the album finds Newborn in exceptional form across standards and originals, moving with rare speed, clarity and harmonic control. His fluency on pieces such as Barbados, I’m Beginning To See The Light and Afternoon In Paris helped establish his reputation as a virtuoso who could combine dazzling technique with real swing and melodic poise. Widely admired by jazz listeners and critics alike, it remains a vivid statement from one of the great pianists of the 1950s.